Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Senate.

was taken up and passed. The bill appro-
PIRATES $13,00O,000 for the purposes. The
Senate then took up and passed the bill
to encourage the manufacture OF steel
for modern naval ordnance, armor, shaft
ing and other naval purposes, and to pro-
vide heavy ordnance adapted to modern
naval warfare. This bill is like the other
in all important parts, except that the
gun factory is to be at the Wash
ington navy yard. The Senate then
proceeded, under a special order, to
the consideration of House bills on the
calendar, to which there was no objec
ton. Twenty bills were passed, among
them the following: To amend the act OF
February 26, 1885, to prohibit the impor-
tation and immigration of foreigners and
aliens under contract to perform labor;
to authorize the construction OF q bridge
across the Tradewater River by the Ohio
Valley Railway Company; to amend Sec
ton of the act of June TO- 1880, in rela-
ton to immediate transportation OF duti-
able goods.
TUESDAY, Feb. S.-Mr. Ingalls, presented
O. memorial of citizens of New Lexington,
O., asking the initiation of negotiations for
the acquisition of Canada. The following
House bills were passed: For the settle
ment of accounts with the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad Company; TO prevent any officer,
agent or servant OF the government con.
tracing or hiring out the labor of prison
ere; to amend the statutes in relation to
the immediate transportation of dutiable
goods. The Senate bill for securing Stats
tics of the extent and value OF the fisheries
of the United States was passed. The
House bill relating to the importing and
landing of mackerel during the spawning
season was taken up, but no action was
reached.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9.-The entire session
was devoted to listening to eulogies on the
late Senator Logan. Messrs. Cullom, Nor
gam E1munds, Henderson, Hampton,
Allison, Hawley, Spooner, Cockrell, Plumb,
Evarts, Sabin, Palmer and Ransom were
the speakers.
THURSDAY, Feb. 1O.--On mo ton of Mr..
Sewell, the House bill to provide for the
location and erection O. O branch home for
disabled volunteer soldiers west OF the
Rocky Mountains (appropriating $780,
OOOJ was taken up, and amend by the
adoption of substitute appropriating
$150,O00 providing for ten instead
of nine managers, one OF them
to be resident OF q state
or territory west Of the Rocky Mountains,
and appointing James A. Waymire, of San
Francisco, to serve as manager up TO April,
1892. The bill as thus amended, was
passed, and conference asked. The Sen
ate resumed consideration of the House
bill relating to the importing and landing
of mackerel caught during the spawning
season. The bill was passed. The House
substitute for the Senate Chinese indemnity
bill was agreed to.
FRIDAY, Feb. 1.-THE Senate bill grant
ing to the state of California 5 per cent.
of the net proceeds of the Gales of lands in
that state was passed. The House bill en-
powering the Fort Worth &iDenver Railway
f0 Iaf nd %
way through the Indian Territory was
passed. motion to reconsider the vote
passing it was entered by Mr.. Platt SO that
he might have time to examine it.. The
Senate bill for the relief OF Thomas A.
Osborn, formerly United States marshal Of
Kansas Ito pay him $8,O71 public money
lost by him in 1866 through the failure OF
a private banking house,, was passed.
The Senate bill to authorize the Billings,
Clark's Fork & Cook City Railroad Com
pany to construct railway through the
Grow Indian Reservation was passed. The
Senate bill granting the Utah Midland
Railway Company the right OF way through
the Uncompahagre and Uintah Reserva-
tions in Utah was passed.
SATURDAY, Feb. >12.-The conference re-
port ON the bill for q public building at La
fayette, Ind, was presented and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Cullom the House bill
nois into judicial districts, and for holding
terms OF court Of the Northern Dis
trict at Peoria, was passed, with
an amendment. A committee OF
conference on the amendment was
ordered. The amendment provides that
all crimes heretofore committed shall be
tried in the same manner as il the bill had
not passed. The post-office appropriation
bill was taken up and debated, and an
limo cd
$500, 600 to facilitate the transporta ton
of mail to and from South American ports.
House.
MONDAY, Feb. Ton notion of Mr.. Mel
son (Minn.) a bill was passed providing
Tor holding OF terms of United States
courts at Duluth, MINI. Under the call of
states q large number of bills were intro
duced and referred. Mr.. Springer (Ill,)
moved to suspend the rules and pass
the Senate bill, with an amendment in
the nature of p substitute supplemental to
the Bowman act, referring private claims
to the court Of claims. TIE motion failed
to pass. Mr.. Burnes (Mo.) moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass a bill establishing
terms of United States courts at St.
Joseph, Hannibal and Springfield, Mo.
This bill gave rise to local fight in the
Missouri delegation, being opposed yigor-
ously by Messrs. Stone and Bland and as
vigorously advocated by Messrs. Burnes
and Hatch. The motion was agreed
to-1S4 to 2. On motion of Mr.. Peters
(Kas.) the rules were suspended and the
bill was passed granting the right OF way
through the Indian territory to the Chica-
go, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company.
On motion Of Mr.. Maybury (Mich.) the
rules were suspended and the Senate bill
was passed appropriating $4,000 for
the completion OF. the public building at
Detroit.
TUESDAY, Jan. S.-The House, under q
special order, took up the Senate bill to in
demnify certain subjects of the Chinese en-
pire for losses sutained by the violence of B.
mob at Rock Springs, Wy. T., on Septem-
Der 2, 1885. The respective merits of the
Senate bill, which provides for the ascer-
tainment OF the losses incurred, and the
House bill, which makes direct appropri-
ton of STAT, 75S, were briefly discussed.
The House bill was substituted for the
Senate bill-1O1 to 68-and, as so amend
cd the bill was passed. The House then
passed the Senate bill prohibiting the i'm
portation of opium into the United States
by any subject of the Emperor Of China.
The House passed the bill to carry into ef-
feet the International convention OF March
4, 1884, for the protection of submarine